" // questions and Answers number_answers = new Array(5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5) q1 = "Which of the following statements about Birago Diop is not true?"; q1answer = "b"; q1a = "He worked a veterinarian surgeon."; q1b = "He wrote fiction to erase all trace of the colonial experience in Africa."; q1c = "He disclaimed authorship to the oral tales he transcribed."; q1d = "He served in the French colonial service."; q1e = "He participated in discussions that culminated in the Négritude movement."; q1review = "See pages 2487–2490."; q2 = "What is the common association of the dominant imagery of night in the poetry of Léopold Sédar Senghor?"; q2answer = "c"; q2a = "the hidden resource of oil reserves"; q2b = "the evil of colonialism"; q2c = "Africa and blackness"; q2d = "the strength of the black panther"; q2e = "the darkness of sleep from which one awakens each morning"; q2review = "See page 2505."; q3 = "What does the young protagonist of Richard Wright's story The Man Who Was Almost a Man believe will make him a man?"; q3answer = "e"; q3a = "the respect of his parents"; q3b = "ten acres of land"; q3c = "a child of his own"; q3d = "a mule"; q3e = "a gun"; q3review = "See pages 2518–2527."; q4 = "Why does the protagonist of Naguib Mahfouz's Zaabalawi miss his encounter with the saint?"; q4answer = "b"; q4a = "He misunderstands the directions, gets lost, and arrives late."; q4b = "He gets drunk and passes out."; q4c = "He cannot remember Zaabalawi's name."; q4d = "He dislikes garbage."; q4e = "He is struck by a donkey cart."; q4review = "See page 2537."; q5 = "How best can Aimé Césaire's Notebook of a Return to the Native Land be described?"; q5answer = "d"; q5a = "an important piece of literature in the Négritude movement"; q5b = "an elegy to Guadeloupe, Césaire's homeland"; q5c = "an exploration of the physical and moral misery in the Antilles"; q5d = "a and c"; q5e = "a, b, and c"; q5review = "See page 2540."; q6 = "Where was Albert Camus born?"; q6answer = "d"; q6a = "Rabat, Morocco"; q6b = "Dakar, Senegal"; q6c = "Paris, France"; q6d = "Mondavi, Algeria"; q6e = "Joal, Senegal"; q6review = "See page 2570."; q7 = "What is the occupation of Yamada, the antagonist in Kojima Nobuo's American School?"; q7answer = "b"; q7a = "the principal of the school"; q7b = "an English teacher"; q7c = "an interpreter for the Occupation inspection team"; q7d = "a loan officer"; q7e = "a and c"; q7review = "See page 2588."; q8 = "In Dadié's The Mirror of Dearth, what is Kacou Ananzè?"; q8answer = "a"; q8a = "a spider"; q8b = "a sheat-fish"; q8c = "a mangy dog"; q8d = "a shellfish"; q8e = "a trained monkey"; q8review = "See page 2608."; q9 = "What best describes Rulfo's Pedro Pâramo?"; q9answer = "b"; q9a = "a short story based on Thornton Wilder's Our Town"; q9b = "a novel told from the perspective of several dead people"; q9c = "a historical epic/novel focusing on life in a small Argentinean town"; q9d = "a narrative poem exploring life in Copacabana"; q9e = "a play based on Epitaph of a Small Winner"; q9review = "See page 2623."; q10 = "Of the following, which statement does not reflect the feelings of the narrator toward Matryona in Solzhenitsyn's story?"; q10answer = "c"; q10a = "He feels bad that he scolded her for wearing his jacket on the last day of her life."; q10b = "He thinks she was misunderstood and abandoned by her husband."; q10c = "He cannot understand why she was so unsociable."; q10d = "He sees her as a central part of the fabric of the town's life."; q10e = "He does not understand Matryona and her values even after her death."; q10review = "See page 2722."; q11 = "From whose perspective is Doris Lessing's "The Old Chief Mshlanga" narrated?"; q11answer = "b"; q11a = "a little white boy"; q11b = "a little white girl"; q11c = "old chief Mshlanga"; q11d = "a servant boy"; q11e = "an unnamed black girl"; q11review = "See page 2727."; q12 = "What is the "fallen city" whose defeat is Liusu's victory in Zhang Ailing's story Love in a Fallen City?"; q12answer = "e"; q12a = "Singapore"; q12b = "Shanghai"; q12c = "Guangzhou"; q12d = "Beijing"; q12e = "Hong Kong"; q12review = "See pages 2764–2770, esp. 2769."; q13 = "Which of the following is an example of the specialized (nonliteral) use of proper names among the death-camp prisoners in Tadeusz Borowski's Ladies and Gentlemen, to the Gas Chamber?"; q13answer = "e"; q13a = ""Canada" for the stores of valuables and clothing taken from prisoners"; q13b = ""Greeks" for prisoners who are so malnourished that they will eat rotting food, knowing that it will make them sick"; q13c = ""Muslims" for prisoners who have been so demoralized that they await death"; q13d = "a and b only"; q13e = "a, b, and c"; q13review = "See pages 2773–2786."; q14 = "To whom is Alain Robbe-Grillet's The Secret Room a homage?"; q14answer = "a"; q14a = "Gustave Moreau"; q14b = "Gustave Doré"; q14c = "Gustave Flaubert"; q14d = "Gustave Courbet"; q14e = "Gustave Guiches"; q14review = "See page 2789."; q15 = "What form of poetic expression did Yehuda Amichai use most often?"; q15answer = "b"; q15a = "the pastoral"; q15b = "the short lyric"; q15c = "the riddle"; q15d = "the epic"; q15e = "the prose poem"; q15review = "See page 2794."; q16 = "Which of the following best describes the protagonist of Clarice Lispector's The Daydreams of a Drunken Woman?"; q16answer = "b"; q16a = "a giggling waitress"; q16b = "an alcoholic"; q16c = "a melancholic widow"; q16d = "a paranoid schizophrenic"; q16e = "a pyromaniac"; q16review = "See page 2803."; q17 = "In Ingeborg Bachmann's The Barking, who is Kiki?"; q17answer = "c"; q17a = "old Frau Jordan's dead dog"; q17b = "Franziska's brother"; q17c = "the child of a Greek family for whom old Frau Jordan used to work"; q17d = "Leo's homosexual cousin"; q17e = "old Frau Jordan's dead husband"; q17review = "See page 2817."; q18 = "How does Jashoda, the protagonist of Mahasweta Devi's Breast-Giver, die?"; q18answer = "b"; q18a = "in childbirth"; q18b = "of cancer"; q18c = "killed when she is no longer able to perform her duties as a wet-nurse"; q18d = "as a result of complications in surgery"; q18e = "no explanation is given"; q18review = "See pages 2844–2845."; q19 = "In Gabriel García Márquez's Death Constant Beyond Love, which of the following is not one of Senator Onésimo Sénchez's campaign promises?"; q19answer = "d"; q19a = "oils of happiness which would make vegetables grow in saltpeter"; q19b = "rainmaking machines"; q19c = "clumps of pansies for the window boxes"; q19d = "the invention of ice"; q19e = "portable breeders for table animals"; q19review = "See page 2851."; q20 = "In Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart, how did Okonkwo bring honor to his village in his youth?"; q20answer = "a"; q20a = "He defeated Amalinze the Cat in a wrestling match."; q20b = "He was always relying on his wit to win arguments."; q20c = "He was able to play the ekwe and udu with grace and precision."; q20d = "He insisted that everyone respect his father."; q20e = "a and d"; q20review = "See page 2860."; q21 = "What is the main difference between Mr. Brown and his successor, Reverend James Smith, in Things Fall Apart?"; q21answer = "d"; q21a = "Smith endorses a policy of accommodation and compromise."; q21b = "Smith understands why the Igbo do not have knowledge about Christianity."; q21c = "Smith respects Igbo traditions and culture."; q21d = "Smith understands the world in binary terms."; q21e = "Smith does not think black is necessarily evil."; q21review = "See pages 2937–2938."; q22 = "Which connecting object is used as a metaphor for the Caribbean in Wolcott's poem Elegy?"; q22answer = "b"; q22a = "a bridge"; q22b = "a hammock"; q22c = "a ladder"; q22d = "a mangrove plant"; q22e = "a tunnel"; q22review = "See page 2960."; q23 = "In Wolcott's poem, which body of water is the site of history?"; q23answer = "c"; q23a = "a lake"; q23b = "a fjord"; q23c = "the sea"; q23d = "a mangrove swamp"; q23e = "puddles formed by rain"; q23review = "See page 2961."; q24 = "Brathwaite's poetry alludes to all of the following except:"; q24answer = "c"; q24a = "the tales of the trickster Anansi"; q24b = "Egyptian mythology"; q24c = "ceremonial dances of the Zulu"; q24d = "African beliefs in the fear of the forest"; q24e = "all of the above"; q24review = "See page 2993."; q25 = "In Nawal El Saadawi's In Camera, what is deemed to be the worst label that one can use in describing a man?"; q25answer = "d"; q25a = "selfish"; q25b = "ugly"; q25c = "disloyal"; q25d = "foolish"; q25e = "naïve"; q25review = "See page 3007."; q26 = "How does Jane Pilkings offend Olunde after the masque in Soyinka's play?"; q26answer = "c"; q26a = "She infantilizes him."; q26b = "She is not interested in hearing about his trip to England."; q26c = "She dons traditional Yoruba clothing as part of her costume."; q26d = "She refuses to speak his language."; q26e = "She accuses him of stealing her jewelry."; q26review = "See page 3054."; q27 = "In the words of A. B. Yehoshua, what best describes the "new hero" in his own work?"; q27answer = "e"; q27a = ""intractable, incorrigible, and ultimately intolerable""; q27b = ""steadfast and brave""; q27c = ""mad, bad, and dangerous to know""; q27d = ""quixotic in the face of insurmountable odds""; q27e = ""marginal, perverted, and somewhat estranged""; q27review = "See page 3072."; q28 = "Who or what are the rooftop dwellers in Anita Desai's story?"; q28answer = "e"; q28a = "squatters who live on the roofs of public buildings"; q28b = "birds and squirrels who make homes on the roofs of buildings"; q28c = "servants who have living quarters on the roofs of their employer's houses"; q28d = "a name given to families who sleep in the open air all year"; q28e = "single working men or women who rent out rooms built on rooftops"; q28review = "See page 3105."; q29 = "What does the narrator of Silko's Yellow Woman decide to tell her family?"; q29answer = "e"; q29a = "Nothing: she plans to remain silent."; q29b = "Nothing: she realizes it was all a dream."; q29c = "She was kidnaped by a Laguna."; q29d = "She was kidnaped by a white man."; q29e = "none of the above"; q29review = "See page 3150."; // End of hiding the script. --> <body>This page requires a browser that can display frames.<script type="text/javascript"> var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? 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